Wigder v. Wigder

Child, A. M.

The petitioner, the wife, filed her petition for nullity on the ground that her husband was physically impotent to consummate the marriage. She has sustained the allegations of her petition and a decree will be advised.

*881The solicitor of the petitioner at the close of the hearing claimed that the petitioner was entitled to alimony, notwithstanding the fact that the marriage will be declared by the decree to be void db initio.

The theory upon which alimony is sought is that there is no practical distinction between a divorce a vinculo and an annulment and as sustaining this view cites…